No problem! Grab a cuppa, and browse through the greenery at 'Flower and Garden Tips'. The 'gardening' section will give you a broad idea of how to get going, and will inspire you to start right away! There's a section on garden tools to help you make the right choices before you start, and many many pages of helpful advice and tips to make your gardening experience an inspiring and creative hobby.

Tranquillity: De-stress in your peaceful garden environment

Creativity: The possibilities are endless!

Exercise: Nothing like digging to work up a sweat!

Food: What could be better than organic fresh fruit and veg?

If, like me, you want to be able to eat the best food on the planet, grow your own! I have fed my family on organic produce for many years and anti-biotics were never on the agenda.

Included in the book are:

• Clear instructions on planning, planting, growing and harvesting the fruits, vegetables and herbs required for a healthy vitamin intake.

• Recipes and menus to help incorporate the fruit and vegetables into your daily diet.

• An alphabetical listing of 13 herbs and their uses in treating common ailments.

• A list of edible flowers and their vitamin content.

Grow Your Own Groceries: Producing your own food is not only rewarding but - in times of economic and environmental changes - increasingly a must! Nature provides everything the human body requires to thrive, and cultivating some of those natural products in your own back garden will not only produce the best food on the planet for you and your loved ones, it is also economical, environmentally friendly and more fun than shopping.

And if you want to join like-minded gardeners all over the world, how about running your own website. The SBI team who host this site make it as easy as sowing seed! And if you really get the bug, you could turn your gardening website into a cash harvest!

************************************************************* You'll need a few tools to get you going in the garden and it's always a good idea to make a rough plan 'before' you start digging holes! Flower and vegetable garden? Herb and flower mixtures? Container garden in a small space? Or, how about a 'potager' - a French design with herbs growing round vegetables in small beds.

Decide on a theme if you are starting from scratch. Consider a wild flower patch, or plant a butterfly garden. How about a pond or a water feature? Water gardening is a whole topic in itself! Feng shui enthusiasts will already know the benefits of water in your garden, not to mention the frogs and toads who will move in and devour slugs and pests of all kinds.

Jot down ideas and flowers that catch your eye. A flower bed in your garden could be colour co-ordinated. Check species and colour availability. You could even create a colour co-ordinated flower bed to match your garden furniture or conservatory!

Make a note of any structures you will need in the garden. ( shed, greenhouse, compost bins etc; ) If you're planning a vegetable plot, grow plants your family love to eat. No point in cultivating 2 lines of perfect beetroot if no-one eats it!

Herb Gardening: Herbs are becoming recognised more and more as superfoods, as if we didn't know that really! 'Herb Gardening' has been beautifully put together by the publisher (Crowood Press) into a well presented book with full colour photos.

You'll also find gardening advice as well as some ideas on planning a herb garden. Order it now direct from the publisher... Herb Gardening

Scatter flowers around the garden to bring colour and attract the bees and butterflies. Don't forget to add herbs to the veggie patch to deter the bad bugs.

And always remember to allow a space for relaxing and enjoying the fruits of your labour!

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